Posts Tagged ‘linn-mathes’
Elm 551 at Parkside, Chicago, IL
As a part of the Chicago Housing Authority’s “Plan for Transformation” on the site of the former Cabrini-Green housing project, Elm 551 at Parkside of Old Town shifts the old high-rise public housing model to one of midrise and low-rise mixed-income housing. The goal of the project design was for community based, urban, sustainable, and well-designed…
Read More2018 Year In Review
2018 was a year full of accomplishments and success for LBBA—here are the highlights. Peter Landon, Jeff Bone, and Catherine Baker Named in Chicago Tribune Chicagoans of the Year 2018 Read More Peter Landon Received AIA Chicago’s Lifetime Achievement Award at Designight Read More New Office + New Principals Read More Tierra Linda Featuring the…
Read MoreTierra Linda Passive House Design
This an informative downloadable PDF about the decisions behind designing and constructing Tierra Linda’s Passive House.
Read MoreChicago Cityscape: Local affordable housing developer is first to build a multi-family Passive House
Grand Opening: Tierra Linda
Today LUCHA celebrated the grand opening of its first sustainability-oriented affordable housing project, Tierra Linda! As a scattered site development, Tierra Linda offers affordable housing in 3-flat and 6-flat buildings across Humboldt Park. The ribbon cutting was held in front of the first multi-family Passive House in Illinois.
Read MoreTierra Linda Passive House Tour
Yesterday Eco Achievers hosted a tour of Tierra Linda’s Passive House, the first multi-family Passive House in Illinois! Guests gathered inline outside of the mid-constructed project showing the completed STO Gold coat installation on the exterior sheathing. The tour began with Charlene Andreas, from the project’s developer LUCHA, introducing how the Passive House became a…
Read MoreTerrace 459 at Parkside of Old Town Opens, providing more affordable housing options for individuals and families
“To build a community, you have to do it from the inside out. And, you have to start with people. This means that we must make more than a bricks-and-mortar commitment. It means that we must all make a commitment to work together to make a difference in the city.” ~ Peter Holsten, President, Holsten…
Read MoreConstruction Season in Bloom!
Nelson Mandela Apartments are growing in East Garfield Park.
Read MoreConstruction Time-laspe at Parkside of Old Town
Roseland Place Cornerstone Laying Ceremony
On September 22, 2010 NHS Redevelopment Corporation celebrated the laying of a cornerstone for their new LBBA designed 60-unit independent living senior building and City of Chicago Senior Satellite Center. The project is scheduled to open in April 2011.
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